Wow look at these 80's handle bars !

[BADGER.BRAD]

I was having a look at vintage bikes on ebay and came across a blast from the past, I can remember when this was the standard look for any 70's/80's kids bike. The handle bars seem wider than the bike is long.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...492180?hash=item33dedf0e14:g:OTAAAOSwWLBaHTBo

 

[DCLane]

Cowhorn bars ...

 

[Drago]

Cowhorn bars, prevalent from the 50s to the 70s on home made tracker bikes...

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/triumph-rodeo-and-tracker-bikes.216983/page-5

Scroll down a bit for pics of mine.

 

[midlife]

I put some on my Honda 50

 

[Slick]

I put some on my Honda 50

Mtx?

 

[midlife]

Mtx?

Honda 50, no gears, that centrifugal clutch thing and hand painted in Hammerite gold . Not road legal but plenty of places to ride it BITD ....

 

[raleighnut]

Cowhorn bars ...

Cowhorn bars, prevalent from the 50s to the 70s on home made tracker bikes...

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/triumph-rodeo-and-tracker-bikes.216983/page-5

Scroll down a bit for pics of mine.

Actually known as 'Kinghorns' BITD, wider than 'Cowhorns' (I had a set)

 

[midlife]

Ape hangers lol

 

[MontyVeda]

Cowhorns looked cool as anything when i was a lad. My mate had fake fur stitched around his. These days they just look a bit... daft.

 

[Drago]

The fake fur thing was the preserve of the big boys. Us spotty youngsters could only dream of being so stylish.

 

[Cycleops]

If you remember Esso had the 'Put a tiger in your tank' ad campaign going and you would beg your dad for a 'Tiger's tail' to attach to your bars.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Known as "coosies" where I come from.

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

I'm glad you also called the road bike to off roader conversion a tracker Drago, I thought that was just a black country name for them, a precursor to the Mountain Bike !

 

[BalkanExpress]

trackers In ”Sarf Lunnon” too. There was even a cycle speedway track in the local park.

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

Here's a daff Idea I tried in the early 80's Bicycle mobile AM/illegal CB radio me and my mates would ride around chatting to each other